Another step up is the speed with which ChatGPT now searches the web. The responses are almost always instant, and the experience is smoother than the previous versions of GPT. That said, the AI player has a long way to go before it comes even close to being as recognizable as a Google search.

OpenAI has rolled out a new real-time web search feature for ChatGPT, providing a competitive edge in AI-driven search.

OpenAI finally made ChatGPT Search available publicly this month and also released a Chrome extension that allows you to set ChatGPT search as your default search engine. Over the last week or so, I’ve used ChatGPT Search almost exclusively,